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Inspired by the confessions thread.... on 07:35 - Jan 19 by Dubtractor
An obvious one but Kings of Leon are the best example of this.
Started off with some amazing albums, then went to absolute toot.
Yes, that was going to be my pick. I saw them at Brixton in late 2003, think just after the second album came out, and they were superb. Probably still in my top three gigs.
Third album was alright, fourth just bland but some fairly decent songs. After that....
U2 ? Early stuff was amazing, up to "Achtung Baby" they couldn't put a foot wrong. Ignoring Bono and the posturing whilst maintaining a somewhat hypocritical tax position...as a band, they really fell off the Edge, so to speak.
The Stones have also only put out a handful (at best) of good songs since the 80s.
Dylan...well.
Nominations for any band / artist who had / have had a consistent level of quality over the years gratefully received.
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Inspired by the confessions thread.... on 07:48 - Jan 19 with 1350 views
Inspired by the confessions thread.... on 07:42 - Jan 19 by fab_lover
U2 ? Early stuff was amazing, up to "Achtung Baby" they couldn't put a foot wrong. Ignoring Bono and the posturing whilst maintaining a somewhat hypocritical tax position...as a band, they really fell off the Edge, so to speak.
The Stones have also only put out a handful (at best) of good songs since the 80s.
Dylan...well.
Nominations for any band / artist who had / have had a consistent level of quality over the years gratefully received.
Some good shouts.... The answer to your question is Radiohead, Pixies and possibly Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Inspired by the confessions thread.... on 07:35 - Jan 19 by Dubtractor
An obvious one but Kings of Leon are the best example of this.
Started off with some amazing albums, then went to absolute toot.
Agreed. First album was excellent, really raw and punchy. Second album was also very good. Third album underwhelming, everything since has been bland stadium rock sh!te.
I'm going to add ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. Their first couple of major releases were superb but thereafter they turned to absolute toilet. I'm lead to believe a couple of their later albums are worth a listen but I can't bring myself to do it.
Part of a handful of a bands who essentially created a whole new style of music.
Produced one ground-breaker in 'Kill 'Em All', two absolutely untouchable albums in 'Ride the Lightning' and 'Master of Puppets', one 'would have been great but has terrible production' album in '...and Justice For All' and redefined the genre again in '91 with 'Metallica'.
After that? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
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Inspired by the confessions thread.... on 08:56 - Jan 19 by BlueBadger
Metallica.
Part of a handful of a bands who essentially created a whole new style of music.
Produced one ground-breaker in 'Kill 'Em All', two absolutely untouchable albums in 'Ride the Lightning' and 'Master of Puppets', one 'would have been great but has terrible production' album in '...and Justice For All' and redefined the genre again in '91 with 'Metallica'.
After that? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
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They even did a remastered justice for all a couple of years ago, and inexplicably didn't make it sound any better.
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Inspired by the confessions thread.... on 07:37 - Jan 19 by Steve_M
Yes, that was going to be my pick. I saw them at Brixton in late 2003, think just after the second album came out, and they were superb. Probably still in my top three gigs.
Third album was alright, fourth just bland but some fairly decent songs. After that....
Saw them at a festival I think it was about five years or so after your Brixton gig. They were just tedious. Think I wandered off part-way through the set.
Inspired by the confessions thread.... on 08:56 - Jan 19 by BlueBadger
Metallica.
Part of a handful of a bands who essentially created a whole new style of music.
Produced one ground-breaker in 'Kill 'Em All', two absolutely untouchable albums in 'Ride the Lightning' and 'Master of Puppets', one 'would have been great but has terrible production' album in '...and Justice For All' and redefined the genre again in '91 with 'Metallica'.
After that? Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
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Massive Long time Fan Here.
I agree St Anger was a mis step into down tuned nonsense. However even some of those songs have been reworked effectively and put into the Live set today. I am thinking Frantic and All Within my Hands.
Hardwired to Self Destruct is a great return to form and stands versus any other Hard Rock Metal released in the last 5-6 years.
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Inspired by the confessions thread.... on 09:49 - Jan 19 with 975 views
There's the first album you've been crafting since perhaps your early teens, the tracks which got you noticed and signed by a label.
The second album is written on the road while touring the first one, perhaps with some material left over from its predecessor.
The third album is the first time you sit down to write from the perspective of having become stars, now separated from your early inspiration, living in a new and strange world.
By the fourth or fifth album, you're all tired, fed up with the record company pressure, perhaps fed up with other band members, maybe relying on drink or drugs to keep you going. And there's a good chance, unless a songwriting genius, you've run out of ideas or become totally introspective (producing tracks about how sh1t being a rock star actually can be).
The ones who get through that are either very close-knit units who stay united, or those who have established enough power over their label to take breaks and work at their own pace.
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